Utica, ny – Springfield Thunderbirds (33-28-2-4) could not maintain impetus and fell by 5-2 final scores to the Utica Comettes (28-30-5-2) on Friday night inside the center of the Adirondack Bank.
The quotes, who went to set up a three-game winning streak and a four-game victory against Springfield in Springfield in “The Aud”, flexed their offensive muscles soon, surpassing Springfield by 9-2 in the starting half of the game.
However, the T-Birds pushed, and after Collen Ellis made a wide range of savings, Hugh McGing won visitors on the board first after a Tarun Fizer shot was on the edge of the fold. McGing crashed the net to deal with a forehander through Isaac Pulter, putting Springfield until 14:05. Jakub Stancl picked up Secondary Care, registering his first career point at AHL.
The leadership turned out to be a fleeting, but as Utica captain, Ryan Schmelzer, responded only to 1:04 after a shot of Ethan Edwards, which dropped directly to the Schmelzer pole next to the goal of doing so 1-1. Ellis kept the game tied thanks to 15 savings from the first period, while Pouter did not need another savings after the McGing Tally.
The comets defense also gave Springfield throughout the middle period, as the visitors did not register a single shot at the open 10 minutes of the second. In the meantime, Utica took less than a minute to jump at the lead for the first time in the game. After Ellis paid attention to denying Marc McLaughlin at the door, Ombudsman Austin Strand jumped to the lower slot on the rebound corral, turning and shooting a Furehander on the upper floor to make it 2-1 only 54 seconds in the period.
Tanner Dickinson got the T-Birds returning to a score of 1:54 in the third period, while affecting a packed shot ahead of Pouter for the seventh of the season, reaching 2-2. However, for the second time, Utica responded in a hurry, as Nathan Legarer went up to the right, took a pass from Jonathan Gruden and defeated Ellis next to the post to make him 3-2 at 2:19.
The T-Birds had the possibilities of attached power to try to make the game even for the third time, but despite 13 attempts to the network on the third, Poulter did not turn anything else. The quotes increased their advantage with grandmarents in the final two minutes of Xavier Parent and Willman to seal the victory.
The T-Birds, whose number of magic remains at 4, complete their road swing on Saturday night with a key division game against Lehigh Valley ghosts inside the PPL center. Puck Drop is fixed for 19:05 in Allentown. Springfield would punch his ticket to the playoffs with a victory over the Phantoms, along with a Hartford regulation loss against Hershey Bears.